Ep 42: Moving Forward Means Moving Left

This edition of the show takes us on a look at the end of the liberal system and the need for a new progressive one both at home and abroad. I then take a look at two examples of activism that lay bare the idea that small stuff can be taken on legally; but big problems not so much. I finish with how Americans talk about socialism with a piece about redbaiting, and then look at how deep it goes with a socialist writer and activist who redbaits himself (to an extent).

Music Interlude: Today and Tomorrow by Ryan Harvey

Sources

Liberal reg state is gone
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/01/25/you-cant-go-home-again-the-liberal-state-is-no-more/
Not American empire; only capitalism
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/02/11/making-globalism-great-again/
Strikes Increasing in US
https://theredphoenixapl.org/2019/02/14/a-surge-of-strikes-shakes-the-elite/
Tenants take on slumlord
https://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-news-clay-arsenal-tenants-saga-
Tree Sitting to block pipelines
https://www.upworthy.com/there-s-been-a-quiet-protest-happening-in-the-trees-of-appalachia-now-it-s-catching-on
As socialism rises; so will red baiting
https://www.gq.com/story/republican-politicians-terrified-socialism?verso=true
A bottom up socialist Redbaits
https://ghionjournal.com/socialism-just-capitalism-inverted/